JP4634786B2 - Pachislot machine management system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention has a hall computer environment connected to a plurality of pachislot machines in a gaming machine hall, and changes the game play rate setting of each pachislot machine every day by a management program of this hall computer environment, and various data Is collected from each pachislot machine, and is related to a pachislot machine management system used for investigation and analysis in the game machine hall, model selection for attracting customers, and business planning. The gaming machine hall means not only a pachislot hall provided with only pachislot machines but also a hall where not only pachislot machines but also pachinko and other gaming machines exist.

  In the past, the present applicant has, as such a pachislot machine management system, the number of medals inserted (IN) on the day of each pachislot machine transmitted by FAX from this game machine hall after the end of the business of the game machine hall as a customer. Payout amount (OUT) data is analyzed and analyzed in the applicant's computer environment in consideration of past gaming machine data, etc., and the payout rate for each pachislot machine on the next day {(OUT / IN) x 100} was determined, and aggregate analysis data and setting information were faxed to the gaming machine hall.

  However, since the conventional pachislot machine management system transmits and receives data between the gaming machine hall and the applicant's computer environment by FAX, the data must be re-input for analysis / analysis in the applicant's computer environment. It was necessary, and parameter settings in the computer environment of the gaming machine hall had to be done manually.

  In addition, the pachislot machine management program in the applicant's computer environment analyzed and analyzed based on the history data of each individual gaming machine hall itself, and there was a tendency that the analysis and analysis results lacked universality. .

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to obtain a pachislot machine management system that does not require re-input of data or manual parameter setting and has universality in analysis and analysis results.

In order to achieve this object, the pachislot machine management system of the present invention
Memory means in the hall computer environment for storing a service application program provided by an information service provider supporting the management of a gaming machine hall and a history database regarding various data;
Communication means provided in the hall computer environment;
Based on the application program, the hall computer environment is configured by a server environment of the information service provider connected by a communication means via a communication line,
The server environment is
An information service program stored in a memory means of a server environment of the information service provider;
A customer database that stores various types of information including authentication data regarding a plurality of individual gaming machine halls registered to receive the support service of the information service provider,
The information service program collects various data related to each pachislot machine for each pachislot machine at each game machine hall transferred after authentication from the application program of the hall computer environment at each game machine hall after the game machine hall is closed on the day. And store the unique information for each individual store and all store information in the customer database, and based on the comparison between the individual store specific information of the history including the day and all store information, each pachislot game in each individual game machine hall on the next day Determine the next day setting parameters for the machine, and send the aggregated data together with the next day setting information to the hall computer environment of each gaming machine hall,
The application program changes the day setting information in the hall computer environment to the next day setting information transmitted, sets each pachislot machine with the setting parameter of the next day setting information, and stores various aggregated data of the day in the history database. It is characterized by being stored.

  According to the present invention, the application program and the information service program transmit and receive data between the hall computer environment and the server environment of the information service provider via the communication line by the communication means. And manual parameter setting is not necessary.

  In addition, based on the data of all registered individual gaming machine halls that can access the server environment of the information service provider, unique information for each individual store and all store information can be obtained, and the statistical data population for analysis and analysis Because of the dramatic expansion, universal analysis and analysis results can be obtained.

  In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the next day setting parameter change of the information service program is changed in ascending order of the reception data regarding the payout rate range and operation for all pachislot machines in each gaming machine hall in the same model. Rank, with a weighting factor of 2 for the payout rate rank value, a weighting factor of 1 for the operating rank value, and the weighted rank point total value of the weighted payout rate rank value of the pachislot machine and the weighted operating rank value The setting value that increases the payout rate in descending order is assigned to the next day setting value in descending order.

  Next, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the concept of a pachislot gaming machine management system according to the present invention. According to the present invention, the hall computer environment 2 of the gaming machine hall 1 shown in FIG. 1, the hall computer environment of a number of individual gaming machine halls (not shown) similar to the gaming machine hall 1, and the plurality of gaming machine halls are used by the user. It consists of a server environment 4 of the registered information service provider 3.

  The hall computer environment 2 of each gaming machine hall 1 is connected to a plurality of pachislot machines a1, a2,..., A5 / b1, b2,. This hall computer environment 2 changes the payout rate setting of each pachislot machine every day by the management program stored in the memory means, collects various data from each pachislot machine, and conducts the survey analysis, gathering customers Used for model selection and sales planning.

  According to the present invention, the memory means stores a service application program 5 provided by the information service provider 2 and a history database 6 related to various data as a management program for supporting the management of the gaming machine hall 1. Although not shown, the service application program 5 may be stored in the memory means of the PC prepared by the information service provider 2 incorporated in the LAN of the hall computer environment 2.

  The hall computer environment 2 is connected to the server environment 4 of the information service provider 3 via a communication line, for example, the Internet 8 by the communication means 7 based on the application program 5.

  The server environment 4 of the information service provider 3 includes the authentication data relating to the information service program 9 stored in the memory means of the server environment and a plurality of individual gaming machine halls 1 registered to receive the support service of the information service provider. A customer database 10A for storing various types of information, and a history database 10B for aggregated data.

  The information service program 9 is transferred from the application program 5 of the hall computer environment 2 in each gaming machine hall 1 to the individual gaming machine hall 1 that is transferred after authentication with reference to the customer database 10 after the game machine hall 1 is closed. Aggregate various data on the day for each pachislot machine.

  Furthermore, the information service program 9 stores the individual store unique information 11 and all store information 12 for each individual gaming machine hall in the history database 10B, and based on a comparison between the individual store unique information of the history including the day and all store information. Next, the next day setting parameters for each pachislot machine in each individual gaming machine hall 1 are determined, and the next day setting information 13 and the total data 14 are transferred to the hall computer environment 2 of each gaming machine hall 1 through a communication line such as the Internet. 8 to transmit.

  The application program 5 in the hall computer environment 2 of each gaming machine hall 1 changes the setting information of the day in the hall computer environment 2 to the next day setting information 13 that has been transmitted, and each pachislot game with the setting parameters of the next day setting information 13 Machines a1, a2, .., a5 / b1, b2, .., b5, etc. are set. Further, based on the application program 5, various types of aggregate data for the day transmitted from the server environment 4 of the information service provider 3 are stored in the history database 6.

  The next day setting parameter change in the server environment 4 of the information service provider 3 is that all pachislot machines in each gaming machine hall 1 have the same payout rate ({IN number / OUT number} × 100). The range and operation (IN number) received data are ranked in ascending order, with a weighting factor of 2 for the play rate rank value and a weighting factor of 1 for the operation rank value. It is assumed that the setting value for increasing the payout rate is assigned to the setting value for the next day in descending order in descending order of the weighted rank point total value of the ball rate rank value and the weighted operation rank value.

FIG. 2 (a) shows an example of the payout rate range,
FIG. 2 (b) shows an example of operation (IN number) for each turn number in a certain model, output rate, output rate rank, operation rank, each rank of weight calculation result, rank point total,
FIG.2 (c) shows the relationship of the number of allocation with respect to a setting rank (a setting where the setting rate of a stand becomes high when a setting parameter is set to a high setting value).
FIG. 2 (d) shows the result of arranging the numbers on the left in descending order of the total rank points and assigning the set values based on the assignment relationship of FIG. 2 (c), and on the right based on the results Rearranged in order, the setting parameters for each machine number are shown. In the illustrated embodiment, the number of units is five and the number of ranks is five. However, it goes without saying that this number changes for each gaming machine hole.

  The information service program 9 performs a simulation to change the payout rate range for each rank value in FIG. 2A based on the history including the day of all store information so that profits can be secured as a whole.

  Also, based on the history of the aggregated data, it is possible to select which units will be profitable and which models are to be removed, to select appropriate units and to plan sales strategies. This makes it possible to generate operating profit without reducing the popularity of gaming machine users with respect to the gaming machine hall.

  The pachislot gaming machine management system of the present invention can be used for maintenance and management of gaming machine halls in the pachislot gaming machine industry.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the concept of this invention pachislot machine management system. (A) is a table showing an example of a payout rate range, (b) is an operation (IN number) for each turn number in a certain model, a payout rate, a payout rate rank, an operation rank, each rank of a weight calculation result, Table showing an example of total rank points, (c) is a table showing the relationship of the number of units assigned to a set rank (setting where the setting parameter is set to a high setting value will increase the ball yield rate), and (d) is ranked to the left The table numbers are arranged in descending order of the total points, and the result of assigning the setting values based on the assignment relationship of (c) is shown, and the setting parameters of each unit number are sorted on the right based on the results. It is a table | surface which shows.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine hall 2 Hall computer environment 3 Information service provider 4 Server environment 5 Service application program 6 History database 7 Communication means 8 Communication line For example, the Internet 9 Information service program
10A customer database
10B History database 11 Individual store specific information 12 All store information 13 Next day setting information 14 Aggregated data a1, a2, a3,. . . , AN Pachislot machines b1, b2, b3,. . . , BN Pachislot machine of model b

Claims (1)

It has a hall computer environment connected to a plurality of pachislot machines in the gaming machine hall, and the game program management program for this hall computer environment changes the game play rate setting for each pachislot machine every day, and various data for each pachislot game In a pachislot machine management system that is collected from machines and used for survey analysis in the gaming machine hall, model selection for attracting customers, and sales planning,
Memory means in the hall computer environment for storing a service application program provided by an information service provider supporting the management of a gaming machine hall and a history database regarding various data;
Communication means provided in the hall computer environment;
Based on the application program, the hall computer environment is configured by a server environment of the information service provider connected by a communication means via a communication line,
The server environment is
An information service program stored in a memory means of a server environment of the information service provider;
A customer database that stores various types of information including authentication data regarding a plurality of individual gaming machine halls registered to receive the support service of the information service provider,
The information service program collects various data related to each pachislot machine for each pachislot machine at each game machine hall transferred after authentication from the application program of the hall computer environment at each game machine hall after the game machine hall is closed on the day. And store the unique information for each individual store and all store information in the customer database, and based on the comparison between the individual store specific information of the history including the day and all store information, each pachislot machine in each individual game machine hall on the next day The next day setting parameters related to the gaming machine shall be determined, and the aggregated data together with the next day setting information shall be transmitted to the hall computer environment of each gaming machine hall,
The application program changes the day setting information in the hall computer environment to the next day setting information transmitted, sets each pachislot machine with the setting parameter of the next day setting information, and stores various aggregated data of the day in the history database. Shall be stored ,
The next day setting parameter change of the information service program, all pachislot machines in each gaming machine hall are ranked in ascending order of the receiving rate range and operation data for each model in the same order, and the starting rate rank value The weighting coefficient is set to 2 for the operation rank value, the weighting coefficient is set to 1 for the operation rank value, and the output rate is increased in descending order of the weighted rank rate value of the pachislot machine and the weighted rank point total value of the weighted operation rank value. A pachislot machine management system characterized in that a setting value to be assigned is assigned to the next day setting value in descending order .

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